Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet (c.1617 – January 1707) was an English baronet.

Gage was born at Firle, East Sussex, the third son of Sir John Gage, 1st Baronet and Penelope Darcy.^[1] He was the grandson of Thomas Darcy, 1st Earl Rivers. From his mother, he inherited Hengrave Hall in Suffolk. He was a supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War. Following the Restoration he was created a baronet, of Hengrave in the County of Suffolk in the Baronetage of England, on 15 July 1662.^[2]

Gage was married five times.^[3] His first marriage was to Mary, daughter of Sir William Hervey of Ickworth, Suffolk, by whom he had one son, Sir William, his successor, and two daughters. He married secondly Frances, a daughter of Walter Aston, 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar.^[4] Sir Edward married, thirdly, Anne Watkins, by whom he had one son, and fourthly Lady Elizabeth Fielding, daughter of the Earl of Desmond. His final marriage was to his fourth wife's relation, Bridget Fielding.^[5]

References

1. Joseph Jackson Howard, The Visitation of Suffolke, Made by William Hervey, Clarenceux King of Arms, 1561, (Vol. 2, London: Whittaker and Co., 1868), 105.
2. Joseph Jackson Howard, The Visitation of Suffolke, Made by William Hervey, Clarenceux King of Arms, 1561, (Vol. 2, London: Whittaker and Co., 1868), 105.
3. E. Kimber, The Baronetage of England (Vol. 2, London, 1771), 248-249.
4. E. Kimber, The Baronetage of England (Vol. 2, London, 1771), 248-249.
5. E. Kimber, The Baronetage of England (Vol. 2, London, 1771), 248-249.